Work & commute · Poca

Work & commute in Poca, WV

Most working residents leave Poca for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (24%), South Charleston (8%) and Teays Valley (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 352 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 348 Poca residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poca.

348live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poca goes to work

Charleston13.1 mi away

24%83

South Charleston10.8 mi away

8%29

Teays Valley6.4 mi away

6%20

Nitro4.4 mi away

5%19

St. Albans6.8 mi away

4%13

Cross Lanes3.2 mi away

4%13

Huntington34 mi away

3%12

Beckley60 mi away

2%8

Winfield5.3 mi away

2%6

Dunbar8.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%143

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Poca commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

39%

37%

10%

13%

39%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poca is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.51 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Poca are

181 jobs are based in Poca. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Poca’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Poca

181 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Poca residents hold

352 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+242%

Jobs based in Poca, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 181. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.